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USA Today Bestselling Writer of Cyborg & Alien Romance. Loves The Dear Wonderful Hubby, Cyborgs & Bad Puns. She/Her
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That's not the same thing at all.
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When I was single,
I would have LOVED a women-facing only club.
Often I just wanted to dance and listen to music
and not have to worry about the other stuff
(i.e. guys hitting on me).
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Yep, I know enough Trump supporters to know they absolutely knew he'd deport moms and kids and entire families.
And they are happy that it is happening now.
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The foam mattresses were a layer of foam over a slab of plywood.
One of my sisters still prefers to sleep on the floor because that is what she became accustomed to.
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LOL
We had hastily dug latrines i.e. outhouses also.
And that WAS plural.
Because we lived at the bottom of a hill and when the area flooded (every few years), all of our neighbours' outhouses would float down the hill and end up at our place.
It was literally sh*t city.
(grins)
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I've seen one Canadian small press really f*ck authors over.
So Canadian publishers are definitely not exempt.
That's for certain.
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I'm cheering for you and your plants!
June frosts.
(shakes head again)
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I've done that also!
Turned over pots, with a board over the drainage holes, are good too.
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(shakes head)
Climate is truly broken.
If you're ever stuck for row coverings for frost, use old bedsheets, my friend.
I grew up poor and that's what we did all the time.
(Because we were so poor we then had to sleep on bare foam mattresses but hey, both we and the plants survived!)
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(gentle hugs)
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Yes, how DARE we be on fire!
(grins)
On a semi-serious note, my number one fear is fire so this isn't a super happy time in the Sax household.
We aren't in danger (having received rain almost every day this month) but loved ones are and that is worrisome.
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You have patience, my friend.
Much more than I have.
I no longer have any patience for the trolls in my areas of expertise.
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Look at that barely-suppressed smirk on her face.
She definitely voted for this.
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What?
The large shrubberies too?
Wildness.
LOL
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Americans pay at least half also.
They just pay it in little bits. Everywhere.
So they believe they're not paying as much as people in other countries are.
There are taxes and fees attached to everything.
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Awww...that's magical, my friend!
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LOL
Margaret is speaking some truths.
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Romances can be quite doomy, however.
My worlds, for example, are quite bleak.
And there is always one major 'dark moment' in each romance, some scenes where all seems lost and hopeless.
But they are all about finding your beings, finding beings you trust and can rely on, and I love that.
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Pair bonding can be quite simplistic.
I agree.
Swans, beavers, French angelfish all pair bond for life.
Some people wouldn't call them complicated.
(Which I believe is a bit human-centric of us because we know so little about these species.
We can't even speak their languages.)
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I was that 'kid' today in my neighborhood, my friend.
(grins)
I saw one butterfly and about four bumblebees.
It was a good day.
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This all might sound scary but it isn't.
It merely means we, writers, need a bigger financial buffer.
(Actually, EVERYONE does because ANY company could stop payments at any time.)
We need to do as much research as possible on publishers/booksellers.
And we need a bit of luck.
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That bookseller is also well known for closing accounts.
AND KEEPING THE FLOAT.
i.e. They don't usually pay writers who have had their accounts closed.
I definitely don't count on those sales.
Not until I have been paid.
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Now, I know some buddies might be thinking...
a certain bookseller is HUGE and successful.
They must have the funds to pay me my current book sales.
Nope.
Those funds are invested or they are being used to pay writers for book sales that happened two months ago.
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And definitely study contracts.
Closely.
Look at the terms of payment.
Those REALLY matter because that is how much money you're lending the publisher or bookseller.
That's their float.
And that's money you are at risk of losing.
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If a publisher talks about 'family,'
that makes me extremely nervous.
Because this is a business.
Business requires professionalism and skill.
And I am their VENDOR, not their friend or their kid.
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If there is a hint of non-payments or delayed payments to ANYONE,
I do some serious thinking before giving publishers/booksellers more stories or focus.